SCARLET FEVER. Synonyms.—Scarlatina; Scarlet Rash. Definition ...

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Creosote is another agent which must be carefully administered or gastric disturbance will follow, which will be far more harmful, than the slight benefit derived from the remedy. Arsenic is one of the agents which we will very early administer in the disease. Fowler's solution, twenty drops in four ounces of water, a teasponful every four hours, will prove of great benefit. Veratrum.—These two remedies, Fowler's solution and veratrum, were almost invariably used by the late Dr. A. J. Howe. His method was to give arsenic one day and veratrum the next, and his success with these remedies was very marked. Veratrum is given in this case, not as a sedative, but for its alterative effect, there being few better remedies. Nux Vomica and Hydrastis will be found useful where the appetite is poor and digestion feeble. Howe's Acid Solution of Iron.—Where an acid is indicated,—red tongue, and mucous membranes,—drop doses of this preparation three times a day, will be found beneficial. It sharpens the appetite, and tends to arrest the excessive waste of tissue. Cough.—The cough is one of the most distressing features of the early disease. Stillingia liniment in drop doses is very effective in relieving this troublesome symptom. A drop on a lump of sugar every one, two, or three hours, will secure rest from cough, and also restore the voice. In some cases it will give better results used as an inhalation. Squeeze a sponge out of hot water, and drop a few drops of the liniment upon it, and then hold over the mouth. If there is pleuritic pain with the cough, bryonia will be found useful. In the later stages, codein and ipecac will give relief, but heroin, onetwelfth grain, every three, four, or five hours, will prove the most successful in the advanced cases. For the fever, frequent sponging with warm water, and, incidentally, the indicated sedative should be given. Night-Sweats.—Aromatic sulphuric acid, from ten to thirty drops at bedtime, is found useful. Also 1/100 grain doses of atropia. Camphoric acid in twenty-grain doses'has proven quite beneficial. Picrotoxin in The Eclectic Practice of Medicine - PART I - Infectious Diseases - Page 214
1/60 grain doses may also be given with benefit. Diarrhea.—Subnitrate of bismuth in mint-water, or the sub-gallate bismuth with opium, will prove reliable agents for this troublesome complication. Hemorrhage.—Gallic acid in five-grain doses is a very positive agent. Where the hemorrhage is of a passive character, give carbo-veg.; oil of cinnamon on sugar, or equal parts of cinnamon and erigeron, are remedies which will be of certain benefit. Mangifera indica is another excellent agent in passive hemorrhage. The diet should be carefully selected. Milk, in some form, should be taken liberally. One patient will do well on sweet milk, another on buttermilk, while a third will need koumiss. Eggs may be taken freely. Where fats can be taken and digested, they should form a part of the patient's diet. A change of air or a sea-voyage, where the patient is able to comply with such a prescription, is the best tonic. SYPHILIS. <strong>Synonyms</strong>.—Pox; Mal-Venerean; Lues Venerea. <strong>Definition</strong>.—A specific infectious disease, weeks or months being occupied in its development; contracted by inoculation,—acquired syphilis, or hereditary,—congenital syphilis, and characterized by three distinct stages: Primary; Secondary; Tertiary. Primary Stage.—This stage is characterized by the appearance of the initial sore or chancre at the seat of inoculation, in from twenty to thirty days after the introduction of the virus, and lasting on the average about six weeks. Secondary Stage.—In this stage, constitutional symptoms occur in from sixty to ninety days after the primary lesion, in the form of fever, cutaneous eruptions, ulcerations of mucous surfaces—especially of the mouth, tongue, and throat, loss of hair, and frequently iritis. Tertiary Stage.—This stage is characterized by inflammatory products, gummata, which develop from the third to the sixth year, and last from one to twenty years, or a lifetime, and which appear in the skin, The Eclectic Practice of Medicine - PART I - Infectious Diseases - Page 215
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SCARLET FEVER. Synonyms.—Scarlati
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and during the period of desquamati
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ight scarlet color from which the d
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diphtheria. The deeper tissues beco
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the epidemic, the previous health a
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There are so many unpleasant sequel
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a constant factor, and is hoarse or
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eruption appearing without the cust
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eneficial, not only in relieving th
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four hours after the invasion, upon
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other gland being at all affected,
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an inflammation of the larynx would
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amount of air passing through the c
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DIPHTHERIA. Synonyms. — Diphtheri
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We are inclined to believe that the
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Unhygienic Conditions.—Poor sanit
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troubles, as hemiplegia and multipl
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first case.” Malignant Diphtheria
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favorable in the forms of paralysis
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Page 45 and 46: Predisposing causes are, poor hygie
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Page 49 and 50: disease. The membrane disappears, t
Page 51 and 52: the gonococcus, the bacillus coli c
Page 53 and 54: The course of the disease is marked
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